Sunday, April 7, 2013

Evil Dead – review

Evil Dead is a
remake of the 1981 film of the same name.
However, you do not need to be familiar with the franchise to enjoy this
new film. This new movie has a few
glancing references to the classic movie, but it really is its own entity. The movie has good effects and an original
take on the story, which makes the film wildly entertaining.

Mia, played by Jane Levy, is coming to a remote family cabin
to get clean off drugs. In her cold
turkey attempt to break her cocaine habit she is accompanied by her brother
David, played by Shiloh Fernandez, along with his girlfriend and two other
friends. While at the cabin they come
across a room that contains a book bound in human skin. One of them reads from the book and unleashes
a demonic entity, which possesses Mia and begins wrecking terribly gory havoc
upon those in the cabin.

The movie is filmed to have a gritty, dirty, look to it similar
to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It gives you a filthy feeling while watching
it. There is a lot of gore yet the movie
is not too gratuitous and fits the story perfectly. The story goes in one direction and then
surprisingly goes in another, which is reminiscent of films like Psycho and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
It is a fun idea and makes it very entertaining.

Going in a different direction than the original in this
case works well. Going against the grain
allows them to come up with different motivations and ideas as well as really
fun excuses for gore. The movie does
have a few plot holes. However, they
aren’t really a big issue unless you really want to be nitpicky- then of
course, you’d be nitpicking a movie about demons coming back to possess people
after reading from an evil book. Pick
your battles.

Evil Dead is a
really fun movie. It has some good legitimate
scares and great effects. The characters
are interesting and the suspense is built up really well. If you are a fan of horror or the Evil Dead franchise then this is a must
see. If you are just looking for something different then you might just want
to give it a watch and enjoy a movie that is very creepy.